As requested, here are the closeups of some of the pages from my homemaking binder.
My 21 Favorite Meals (well, 22)
My monthly cleaning schedule
My newest daily routine which I am still working to fully implement!
Believe me, if you're looking for someone's routines and schedules to emulate, mine probably aren't the right ones! Organizing is something I strive for, but not necessarily something I always achieve. And please always remember that when I share things like this, this is just me. Just my family, our season of life, our preferences, etc. It shouldn't tell you the "right" way to organize your own home or time, because there is no right way. Just seek the Lord and do your best to figure out how you can serve your family best!
Now it's your turn!
I promised a while back that I would be giving you access to a few of the meal planning pages from ListPlanIt, so here they are!
Favorite Recipes (general)
My 21 Meals
Menu Planner
Each of these pages is included in a ListPlanIt membership, but this is just a little sampling to give you a taste of how helpful they are! Just look for the "Print" option near the top of each page to print off as many of your own as you would like. Thanks, Jennifer, for making these available!
And another ListPlanIt giveaway...
This time it's a Meal ePlanner. Actually, 2 Meal ePlanners, to be more precise!
What exactly is a Meal ePlanner you ask? It's sort of like having a ListPlanIt membership, but with a focus on just one area... meals planning and kitchen organization. It functions similarly to an eBook, in that you download it and can print off any or all parts of it as you wish.
It includes a brief intro to how to you it and some of the particular pages within. Then it gives you 17 different pages to assist you in making your meal planning come together easier. Lists like the 21 meals shown above, both monthly and weekly meal planners, grocery shopping lists, meal inventories, recipe card pages, and even a measurement equivalents page (no more running to the computer to pull up a measurement conversion website!).
Though I really prefer having the full membership to be able to access all of the lists available, having an ePlanner gives you a taste of what there is and enough specific lists to help you get organized in a particular area, without the cost of the year long membership, since ePlanners cost a mere $4.95. They're available for each category included in a ListPlanIt membership, allowing you to just purchase a few that interest you most (although if you're going to buy several, you might want to consider just purchasing a membership to give yourself full access to everything).
Who wants to win a Meal ePlanner?
(As always, please leave a separate comment for each entry, please!)
- Leave a comment telling me why you need this Meal ePlanner!
- Take a look through the other ePlanners available and tell me (other than the Meal one) which would be your first pick
- Subscribe to my blog
- Subscribe to Jennifer's blog at ListPlanIt
- Follow me on Twitter (@keeperhome)
- Follow Jennifer of ListPlanIt on Twitter (@listplanit)
Giveaway will end Monday, February 1 at 3:00pm. This giveaway has now ended- winners to be announced shortly!
We all are great purchasers and buy plenty of stuff in our everyday life. And there are two main groups of expenses: things we really need and things we enjoy. That is we need dwelling, education and medical help and we enjoy eating out, movies and holidays. And being a part of a civilization founded on consuming, we often need some professional help to manage our finance without trouble and nervous breakdowns.
I'd also love the financial eplanner.
I'm a subscriber!
I'm just starting to do meal planning so this would be great!
Other than than the meal planner I would love the family matters planner. It looks like there are a lot of good ideas there!
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I need this planner because I've all but given up planning out meals, which doesn't work when you're trying to save money!
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I subscribed to Jennifer's blog.
I am a follower of your blog.
I think my top pick would be the financial planner. We are striving this year to be more financial frugal and staying on top of a budget.
I need a meal planner because come 5:00 I'm staring into the refridgerator and the cabinets looking for what we are going to have for supper. I need something that will keep me organized and that I'll know what I'm having for what days and what I'll need for those days.
I would use the Planner eplanner!
I follow Jennifer on Twitter.
I follow you on Twitter.
I think I 'd like the housecleaning list since that is my weakest area.
I subscribed to Jennifers blog and newsletter
I'd love this organizing system because I am an organizing junkie!
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I follow Jen on twitter
.-= Katie @ Kitchen Stewardship´s last blog ..How to Feed a Husband Real Food =-.
I follow you on Twitter
.-= Katie @ Kitchen Stewardship´s last blog ..How to Feed a Husband Real Food =-.
I would love a better system so I'm not runnin around looking for the recipe at dinnertime.
.-= Katie @ Kitchen Stewardship´s last blog ..How to Feed a Husband Real Food =-.
i stop by often but don't comment, jsut wanted to say I enjoy your blog
I subscribe to Jennifer's blog and her newsletter
I subscribe to your blog on bloglines.
I looked at the eplanners and my favorite (besides the meals) would be the memories planner.
I would love a copy of this eplanner because I have just begun to organize my recipes and make a kitchen notebook. This would be a big help.
I subscribe to your blog! I could really use a meal planner, because I'm trying to get organized (again) with 2 young children while staying within our budget!
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And I subscribe to your blog.
My next favorite choice would be the Home planner.
I would love to win this because with 4 children ages 4 and under, I struggle with organization. And when meal planning doesn't come together, nothing does! Would love to try out this system.
Subscribed!
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The Home ePlanner would be my other choice!
.-= Lindsay Downs´s last blog ..These Are Sweet =-.
I need this meal planner because I am the mother of 4 with 1 on the way.
There are many other reasons but that says it all right there!
.-= Lindsay Downs´s last blog ..These Are Sweet =-.
the Financial ePlanner would definitely be my next pick!
I am trying to serve more real food and it really changes my budget. I'd like to have this meal planner to really think through my meals ahead of time and reduce some of the costs that come up when I don't plan.
I subscribe to your blog!
I subscribe to Jennifer's blog/newsletter. Thank you for the entry!
I subscribe to your blog. Thank you for the entry.
Wow, what nice eplanners! I think that I would most benefit from the Home eplanner. Thank you for the giveaway and entry.
Why I need this planner: 5 very small very hungry children, including a newborn and a hungry husband! More for my sanity and knowing what is for dinner, what needs to be done and our budget would thank me for it too. Thanks for the entry!
because i always love to try new meals but forget about our old favourites when we get in a new groove!
i would love to win! I have been trying to get my act together before baby #3 arrives in May!
I think the home planner would be really great!
I would love the ePlanner because I am totally new to the whole meal planning thing and need a little hand holding! I know it would save us time and money but sometimes it seems so overwhelming to even know where to start.
The other ePlanner I really like is the Planner planner. Besides the name.....I love the calenders and the daily schedules. I think this would be a lot more useful than scraps of paper with to-do lists scribbled on them all over my house!
i have subscribed to both blog's and became followers on twitter of both...
I need meal ePlanner because I JUST had a baby, (7 weeks ago). I've never meal planned before and I can use all the help I can get right now working onhalf a brain. :)
If I had my choice of e-planners, I'd go with the moving one, because we have a big move coming up, and I think it'd be really helpful. Thanks!
I need the meal planner because my current system is really inefficient. It's working fine now, as I only have one child, but with more kids and more stuff to take care of, it won't work unless I give it a good overhaul, and this would really help!
contacts eplanner would be my 1st pick. I just had to scramble to find addresses for my contacts gere, there, & everywhere. My contacts are in disarray & need to be organized in one place!